diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/editline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/editline/default.nix
index 2b41e69eae60..f0c7c7d2064e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/editline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/editline/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "editline";
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0vjm42y6zjmi6hdcng0l7wkksw7s50agbmk5dxsc3292q8mvq8v6";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-for-multiline-as-one-line.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/troglobit/editline/commit/ceee039cfc819c8e09eebbfca192091b0cf8df75.patch";
+      sha256 = "149fmfva05ghzwkd0bq1sahdbkys3qyyky28ssqb5jq7q9hw3ddm";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "doc" ];